temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
process; course; mechanism
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
development; exploitation
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
remaining silent; keeping secret
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
person concerned; interested party; related party
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
persistence; single-mindedness
one's family (home) background (environment)
to whine; to make feeble complaints
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
steady; sound; reliable; solid
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
same trade; same business; same profession
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
vice; immorality; corruption
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
Garuda or Garua (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases